Examples of acceptable evidence: National Insurance Number card, payslips or letters from Jobcentre Plus office, Her Majesty’s Revenues and Customs, Department for Works and Pensions or Pension Centre.

This means your last 5 payslips if you are paid every week, your last 3 payslips if you are paid every 2 weeks, or your last 2 payslips if you are paid every month. If you do not have any payslips, you can ask your employer to fill in a Certificate of Earnings form - request this from our office or download it from our benefit forms page.

If you or your partner are Self-Employed, we need you to complete a Self-Employed Earnings information form for the last financial year. If you have been trading for less than a year, we will require the form to be completed for the whole period that you have been trading to date - request this from our office or download it from our benefit forms page.

Examples of acceptable evidence: pension slips from a former employer, a letter from the Court if you are in receipt of maintenance. We need to see evidence of any money people pay you for board and lodgings.

Provide evidence of your Student Finance from the loan company. This should include Student Grant/Student Loan/Student Bursary which includes a full breakdown of all the elements e.g. maintenance loan, tuition fee loan, special support grant, parents learning allowance, childcare grant etc.

Examples of acceptable evidence: current award notices or letters from your Jobcentre Plus Office, Her Majesty’s Revenues and Customs, Department for Works and Pensions office or Pension Centre confirming how much you receive.